Notification Center: Receive Alerts Directly Within Smartsheet

Applies to

Smartsheet
  • Pro
  • Business
  • Enterprise

With Notification Center, you can stay informed and take action on important tasks and updates as you work in Smartsheet.

Notification Center Overview

Notification Center provides a way to quickly take action on other items (update requests, approval requests, notifications) as you work in Smartsheet. To best take advantage of Notification Center, set up notification rules. SeeAutomate Your Work Process with Alerts and Actions.

Configure How You’re Notified

You’ll always receive notifications through Notification Center. By default, you’ll also receive mobile push and email notifications. To change how you’re notified, seeConfigure How You Receive Notifications from Smartsheet.

Set Up Notification Rules to Receive Notifications

To receive sheet change notifications in Notification Center, you’ll need to be included in notification rules. You may have already set these up, or others may have set up rules with you included as a receiver.

To learn more about sheet change notifications, check outAutomate Your Work Process with Alerts and Actions.


Open Notification Center

Whether on a mobile device or desktop browser, you can open Notification Center anywhere from within Smartsheet.

Open Notification Center on Desktop

SelectNotification Centerin the upper-right corner of the Smartsheet window.

Open Notification Center on Mobile

From the Smartsheet for iOS or the Smartsheet for Android app, tap the Notificationnotification-mobile-iconicon in the lower-right corner:


Take Action on Notifications

Notification Center is designed so you can view and quickly take action on notifications. You can also clear notifications that you no longer need, or let them automatically clear after 30 days.

While in Notification Center, select a specific notification to see a detailed view and take further action.

  1. Select the name of the sheet to quickly open it and take action.
  2. SelectExpandto see a full view of the rows in the notification.

Mobile: When viewing a notification on Smartsheet for iOS and Android, tapExpandenlarge-mobileand pinch to zoom.

You can unsubscribe from or exclude your changes at the bottom of the detailed notification view:

  • SelectUnsubscribeto stop receiving that particular notification.
    您无法重新订阅“警报或action unless you have Admin-level permissions on the sheet. If you unsubscribe in error, reach out to the sheet Owner or someone with Admin-level permissions and ask them to share you to the sheet with Admin-level permissions or clone the original workflow to subscribe all users.
  • SelectExclude your changesfrom all notifications if you only want to be notified on actions that others take on a sheet. You can opt to receive notifications on your own changes at a later time with the steps inConfigure How you Receive Notifications from Smartsheet.

Clear Notifications You Don’t Need

Notifications stay in Notification Center for up to 30 days, after which they are automatically removed. You can manually clean up Notification Center by dismissing notifications that you don’t need to take further action on.

Removed notifications cannot be recovered. If you need a record of notifications beyond 30 days, make sure to leave email notifications turned on in your Notification Settings. SeeConfigure How You Receive Notifications from Smartsheetfor information on changing your notification settings.

Clear Notifications on Desktop

You can clear notifications individually or all at once:

  • Individually: Hover over the notification in the Notification Center panel and select the删除(trash) icon.

  • Clear all notifications: SelectClear all notificationsat the bottom of Notification Center.

    If you need to roll back the notifications you cleared after selecting Clear All, you can select Undo at the top of Notification Center. The Undo option becomes unavailable after 10 seconds or when Notification Center is closed, after which the notifications cannot be recovered.

iOS的明确通知内容

You can clear notifications individually or all at once:

  • Individually: Swipe left the notification and selectClear.
  • Clear all notifications: Select Clear All at the top of Notification Center. When prompted, select Clear All again to confirm.

Removed notifications cannot be recovered. If you need a record of notifications beyond 30 days, make sure to leave email notifications turned on in your Notification Settings. SeeConfigure How You Receive Notificationsfrom Smartsheet for information on changing your notification settings.


Clear Notifications on Smartsheet for Android

You can clear notifications individually or all at once:

  • Individually: Swipe left or right on it to remove the notification.

  • Clear all notifications: Select Clear All at the top of Notification Center. When prompted, select Clear All again to confirm.

Removed notifications cannot be recovered. If you need a record of notifications beyond 30 days, make sure to leave email notifications turned on in your Notification Settings. SeeConfigure How You Receive Notificationsfrom Smartsheet for information on changing your notification settings.